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Siam at which it has been recorded, so far as loiowTi to me, is Robinson 

 and Kloss's ^^ record from TapU, Pakchan Estuary, Penmsular Siam; 

 Robinson^ records it from Bandon; Robinson and Kloss "^ from 

 Kao Luang, 2,000 feet, Nakon Sritamarat. 



Eight males measure: Wing, 74.5-81 (78); tail, 40-43 (41); culmen, 

 16.5-19 (17.8 mm). Six females: Wing, 75-79 (77); tail, 38-42 (39.6); 

 culmen, 16.5-18 (17.6) mm. 



The immature birds in the above series are of nearly the same 

 size as the adult. All are clear green, without any markings. In one 

 (marked male) a few blue feathers are beginning to appear on the 

 throat, and the black jugular spot is clearly indicated. A single red 

 feather is appearing on the right side above the ear coverts, and there 

 are two or three blue feathers appearing in the crown. 



Chasen ^^ uses Horsfield's name Bucco australis ^^ for this form 

 group. The name belongs to some species of Xantholaema, however. 



XANTHOLAEMA HAEMACEPHALA INDICA (Latham) 



Bucco indicus Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, p. 205, 1790 (India). 



One male, Melang Valley, December 31, 1932; one female, Mae 

 Hong Sorn, January 3, 1933; one male, Rayasothon, March 23, 1929; 

 one immature female. Nan, April 15, 1930; four males and one female, 

 Bangkok, October 30, 1923, May 19, 1928, September 22, 1930, April 

 30 and May 4, 1934; two males, Elnong Phra, April 16, 1929; one male, 

 Tha Chang, March 14, 1927; three females and one unsexed, Pak 

 Chong, May 9, 14, 1925, December 20, 1926; four females. Pang 

 Sok, August 12, 1926; one male, Lat Bua Kao, August 3, 1929; two 

 females, Chantabun, May 26, 1929; one male, Rajaguri, April 10, 

 1926; one female, Bangnara, Patani, June 3, 1924; one male, Yala, 

 Patani, February 1, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected two adult males, one immature male, 

 and one female in Trang (Prahmon, April 6, 1896; Tyching, April 

 22, 23, 1896); one female, Champang, Tenasserim, December 13, 1903. 

 He gives the soft parts as: Iris brown; orbital skin brick red; bill 

 black (male), black with the base fleshy white (female); feet red, 

 claws black. 



This form has a wide range, extending from eastern Bengal, Sikkim, 

 Nepal, Burma, Yunnan, Laos, Annam, Cochinchina, and Cambodia 

 to Siam and south through Peninsular Siam to the northern Malay 

 States. In Siam it seems to be generally distributed from the north 

 throughout the country. Herbert ^ has found it breeding near Bangkok 

 and states that eggs may be found from February to AprU. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 166, 1923. 



w Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 94, 1915. 



»' Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 11, p. 60. 1923. 



•' Bull. Raffles Mus., no. 11, p. 137, 1935. 



M Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13. p. 181 (not 101), 1821 



» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6. p. 299, 1924. 



